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[Identification of item], in the Joe Heaney Recordings of Irish Stories and Legends #70084, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Processed by: Anne Wells and Meredith Kite, February 2021

Encoded by: Anne Wells, February 2021

Since August 2017, we have added ethnic and racial identities for individuals and families represented in collections. To determine identity, we rely on self-identification; other information supplied to the repository by collection creators or sources; public records, press accounts, and secondary sources; and contextual information in the collection materials. Omissions of ethnic and racial identities in finding aids created or updated after August 2017 are an indication of insufficient information to make an educated guess or an individual's preference for identity information to be excluded from description. When we have misidentified, please let us know at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.

Archival processing of the Joe Heaney Recordings of Irish Stories and Legends was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Folk literature, Irish.
• Folk songs, Irish.
• Heaney, Joe, 1919-1984.
• Ireland--Social life and customs.
• Ireland--Songs and music.
• Irish--United States--Music.
• Legends--Ireland.
• Music.
• Songs and music.
• Songs, English.
• Songs, Irish.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Curriculum in Folklore.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of English.

• Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes #30025

Joe Heaney (1919-1984) was an Irish singer and storyteller born in Carna in the Connemara region of County Galway, Ireland, and later a resident of the United States. He sang in the sean-nós or "old-style" tradition. As a visiting artist, Heaney taught Irish language, traditional music, and folklore at Wesleyan University and the University of Washington in Seattle.

Live audio recordings of Joe Heaney, an Irish singer and storyteller, performing on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in October 1981. The recordings feature Joe Heaney performing songs from the sean-nós tradition and telling Irish stories and legends in Irish and English, both in a concert and classroom setting. Recorded by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Curriculum in Folklore and Department of English, who sponsored Heaney's appearances to UNC. Recordings are on 1/4" Open Reel Audio. The collection also contains supporting documentation, consisting of a tape log prepared by former Southern Folklife Collection staff. Tape logs include contextual information on the recordings as well as titles of songs performed by Heaney when known.

• Audiotapes (FT-1249-1257)
• Field Notes (Folder 554), Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes #30025